Pessary



(No Model.)

B. W. WAGNER.

PESSARY.

No. 444,513. Patented Jan. 13,1891

' 6 fw /c507 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD WILLIAM INAGNER, OF SAN J OSE, CALIFORNIA.

PESSARY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,513, dated January13, 1891.

Application filed July 2, 1889 Serial No. 31 1 (N modem Improvement inthe Surgical Instruments.

known as Pessaries; and I do hereby declare I the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a new and useful inflatable soft-rubber pessary.the object of which is to support the womb of the human female and atthe same time to receive the menstrual fluid from the womb of saidfemale and conduct it through and beyond the mouth of the vagina of thesame.

My invention consists of a hollow soft-rubber bulb having a hollowsoft-rubber cylinder or tube of suitable diameter and length at eachend. One of these extends outward a suitable distance directly away fromthe bulb, and is used for conveying air, gas, or other suitablesubstance into the bulb for the purpose of inflating it, and the'othertube, which is of a smaller diameter than the one just described,extends through the bulb toward, a suitable distance into, and throughthe wall or side of said air-conveying tube and fora suitable distancebeyond it. The tubes are securely fastened to each other at the point ofintersection, so that the substance with which the pessary is inflatedcannot escape. The last-described tube is for the purpose of receivingthe menstrual fluid from the womb of the human female and conveying itthrough and beyond the mouth of the Vagina of said female while thepessary is supporting the womb in its proper place, as I shallhereinafter more fully explain by reference to the accompanyingdrawings.-

Figure 1 is a sectional view of my pessary. The bulb is indicated by A.The air-conveying tube is indicated by B, and the inner tube, whichconveys the menstrual fluid, is indicated by O. The point ofintersection of the two tubes is indicated by D. Letter E indicates theplace where the womb rests on the" pessary and where the menstrual fluidenters the tube 0, and F indicates where the men strual fluid isdischarged or passes out of tube C.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my, pessary, the bulb being indicated byA, the air-conveying tube by B, the inner tube by O, and by dotted lineswithin the bulb A and tube B, and by full lines outside of the walls oftube B. The letter D indicates the place of intersection of the tubes Band C. The funnel-shaped mouth of the tube 0 where the menstrual fluidenters is indicated by E, and F indicates the place where the menstrualfluid leaves the tube 0.

My pessary is used or applied by inserting the bulb A in collapsed orsemi-collapsed condition into the vagina, with that part of the bulbwhich is indicated by letter E passing in first and the tubes extendingoutward. The bulb is then inflated with air or other suitable substance,which is retained as long as desired by closing the end of tube B with acork stopper or other suitable contrivance. \Vhen it is desirable toremove the pessary, the substance with which it was inflated is allowedto escape through tube B and the pessary is withdrawn.

I do not claim, broadly, an inflatable softrubber pessa-ry, nor aninflatable soft-rubber pessary with an opening to permit the menstrualfluid to pass unobstructed; but

\Vhat Ido claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by LettersPatcnt,is-

In an inflatable soft-rubber-bulb pessary, the combination, with theinflating-tube B, extending from bulb A, of the inner tube 0, open atits upper end, attached to and extending through the interior of thebulb A and passing out through the walls of the tube B, all as and forthe purpose described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EDIVARD IVILLIAM IVAGNER.

\Vitnesses:

JETER WILT WALTHALL, GUY HYDE SALISBURY.

